During discussions about phone theft with an Apple liaison, San Francisco's district attorney says he was told the next two generations have already been designed and that 'they preceded Tim Cook.' Read this article by Steven Musil on CNET News.

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Next two versions of Iphone may have been designed by the late Steve Jobs? You judge! - Xian

If the Internet is a series of tubes, then those tubes are jam-packed. An Intel infographic shows all the amazing things that happen in just one minute on the Internet. Read this article by Amanda Kooser on CNET.

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Ever thought of what happens in every single minute when you are using internet? In this article, you will get to know how many activities internet has for every single minutes... or even seconds!

This feature-filled midsize gaming laptop has almost everything you'd want, except for a touch screen.

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Thinking of getting yourself a brand new gaming laptop to keep you accompany for the upcoming weekends? How about getting yourself a Lenovo IdeaPad Y500? Click on the following link to find out the good and the bad for the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500!

On its seventh birthday, the social networking giant is celebrating surpassing 200 million active users, and 400 million daily tweets. Plus a long list of other accomplishments. Read this article by Daniel Terdiman on CNET News.

We seem to have entered an era of evangelical codism, or at the very least society has moved firmly away from its Geek Chic crush to a firm and thorough respect of the technologist.

Computer Science has been irrevocably stamped onto the UK’s national curriculum; following Eric Schmidt’s plaint against the lack thereof, CS will become the fourth science in the eBac, establishing it first and foremost as a proper science in the minds and hearts of Britain; and ensuring that generations of little Brits will no longer be ferociously let down by the meagre offerings of ICT. (Though the turtles were great.)

The focus in the conversation about CS in education is often on taking computational thinking beyond coding or programming skills. However, surprisingly enough, most of us like to skip the physics/maths/statistical learning and get down to designing the next Metal Gear Solid. Don’t mind if I do. With the launch of the American Code.org in January, the movement is clearly global.

The shift in attitude towards computing recalls a much-needed shift in attitude towards the arts, and the relationship between the two. With the launch of NESTA’s Creative Economy Manifesto at the end of April, we saw not only compelling economic arguments for the support of the creative industries, but also a focus on a union between technology and art:

“All teenagers should have the opportunity to learn creative digital skills, such as designing apps and games, as part of a fusion in the curriculum covering technology and art, as well as maths, science and the humanities.”[1]

Short story long, great people are doing great things in the propagation of CS, ensuring not only that future generations of little people will understand their small screens enough to avoid being eaten by them, but also confirming that these skills are tools of creation and that combining the two sectors can only do good for the floundering economy.

But what about the big people, now that you have to learn how to code (you have no choice, will.i.am has spoken), and you’ve missed the boat with national education, which one of the free online or not so free coding courses will you choose?

Unlike the serious quote, the author takes a light hearted approach to learning to code like a kid and even links to another author with a list of positive consequences of not learning to code. Vive la difference. I love a fun debate.

GIF art making duo Mr. GIF go to Nick Cave's Heard NY performance exhibition at New York's Grand Central Station, and teach us how anyone can make GIFs from video footage in a brief tutorial.

And now we want you, The Creators Project community, to try your hand at creating some GIFs from public artworks. Have a watch of Mr. GIF's tutorial above and then leave a link to the GIF in the comments of the blogpost URL below. We'll showcase them across Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and our blog.

The University of Cambridge has created a digital talking face that can express a range of emotions, including anger, happiness and fear.

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University of Cambridge has created a digital talking face that is capable of expressing a range of emotions such as Happiness, Anger, Fear and Sadness. It is said that the future may have this system in computers, smartphones or even movie. Is this awesome or scary? Up to you to judge.

This is another example of digital media being not-so-accessible to people all over the world. With record companies and artists feeling pinned in a corner, there are these situations to remind us that they can show desperation to generate more revenue. In their mind, the costs that a physical record would spike by being shipped to australia should be transferred over to a digital copy, even though the complications aren't all there.

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